Satellite images reveal that North Korea is shipping more munitions to Russia while also ramping up its weapons production to support Moscow, The Wall Street Journal reports. Andriy Kovalenko, head of the Center for Countering Disinformation and an officer of the Ukrainian Defense Forces, told the newspaper that 60% of the artillery and mortar shells…
Iranian officials have denied Putin’s claim that Russians evacuated 4,000 Iranian soldiers from Syria. ▫️ Tehran clarified that the evacuation involved diplomats, not military personnel, and was conducted using Iranian aircraft. Furthermore, the number of evacuees was much smaller than Putin claimed and included advisors from other countries, such as Afghanistan and Pakistan. This highlights…
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin announced during his “Direct Line” that Denis Pushilin, head of the occupation administration in the Donetsk region, is planning a visit to Africa. Through such actions, the Kremlin aims to achieve several objectives: ▫️ To legitimize Russian gauleiters from the occupied territories of Ukraine by creating the illusion of their “international…
The Russian dictator claims that Russia’s goal in Syria allegedly was to prevent terrorists from coming to power “like in Afghanistan,” and that this goal has supposedly been achieved. This is blatant manipulation, as Russia is actively cooperating with the Taliban and even plans to remove them from its list of terrorist organizations. The main…
Investigators from Bellingcat and Lloyd’s List analyzed data on the movements of a grain cargo ship and discovered that, over the past few months, it had made multiple trips from occupied Crimea to Houthi-controlled ports in Yemen. ▫️ This is not the first instance of Russia cooperating with the Yemeni Houthi movement Ansar Allah. Western…
Russia has relocated its air defense systems from Syria to bases in Libya controlled by commander Khalifa Haftar. This move may signal the Kremlin’s intention to replace its military bases in Syria with Libyan ones, though it does not fully compensate for the potential loss of Syrian bases. ▫️ Russia has been active in Libya…
Putin’s silence on the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime highlights the uncertainty surrounding the future of Russian military bases in Syria and underscores the Kremlin’s primary focus: the war in Ukraine, as reported by The New York Times. Key points from the article: ▫️ The fall of Bashar al-Assad represents a painful topic for Moscow,…
The fall of the Syrian regime has exposed the limits of Russia’s global ambitions, writes The Wall Street Journal. Key points of the article: ▫️ With Moscow’s resources now concentrated on the war in Ukraine, the Kremlin’s global projects are steadily declining. ▫️ The fall of the Assad regime has put Russia’s presence in Syria…
Next year, the Russian Foreign Ministry will launch a department dedicated to partnerships with Africa. This move highlights Russia’s increasing focus on the African continent. Russia continues to expand its influence in Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, the Central African Republic, and other countries, extracting natural resources in exchange for providing security services to local regimes….
The Center monitors the information space of the Global South and identifies narratives favorable to Russia. In recent days, the key topics related to Ukraine have been the following: – The overthrow of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria; – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s meeting with US President-elect Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron; –…
The collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime has put the existence of key Russian military bases in Syria at risk, The Washington Post reports. Main points of the article: ▫️ Russian military facilities in Syria include a naval port on the Mediterranean Sea for basing submarines and an airfield for projecting power across the Middle East…
Syrian rebels have captured Damascus. The Russian Foreign Ministry reports that Bashar al-Assad has decided to “peacefully step down from power.” At the same time, the Russian military is withdrawing ships from its base in Tartus and airlifting the remaining weapons from Khmeimim. As a result, Russia has lost a key zone of influence in…
